Ribbon winding provided with yardage indicating means



July 7, 1942. a. J. GOLDSMITH 2,283,301

RIBBON WINDING PROVIDED WITH YARDAGE INDICATING MEANS Filed Oct. 21,1939 aauo E R 22 IO \'2 INVENTOR. BERTRAM J, @ozwsrnwv,

ATTORNEY.

Patented July 7, 1942 RIBBON WINDING PROVIDED WITH YARD- AGE INDICATINGMEANS Bertram J. Goldsmith, Neshanic, N. J.

Application October 21, 1939, Serial No. 300,672

Claims (Cl. 33-128) This invention relates to ribbons and other narrowfabrics and to yardage indicating means therefor.

One object of the invention is the provision of a ribbon or other narrowfabric winding or putup having means carried by the ribbon forindicating the quantity of ribbon in the winding or package. The yardageindicating means provided in accordance with the present invention notonly enables the sales person to readily measure the quantity of ribbonin making sales from the winding or package but also provides convenientmeans for ascertaining the quantity of ribbon in a partially depletedwinding or package whereby to facilitate the taking of inventory.

A further object of the invention is to provide yardage indicating meanscarried by the ribbon and yet readily removable therefrom withoutleaving marks on the ribbon or otherwise impairing the appearancethereof.

The above objects of the invention and other objects which mighthereinafter appear will be fully understood from the followingdescription considered with reference to the accompanying drawing whichhowever is to be considered illustrative of the invention and not inlimitation thereof.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a perspective View of a ribbon winding in 'a container, partof the ribbon being with- 9 drawn from the container, and part of thecontainer being broken away for the purpose of illustrating theparticular type of winding of the ribbon package;

Fig. 2 is a plan view on a larger scale of a piece of ribbon;

Fig. 3 is an edge view of the ribbon;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a ribbon put-up or spool and a part ofthe ribbon wound thereon and provided with the yardage indicating meansof the present invention.

In Fig. l of the drawing I have illustrated the ribbon R as arranged inthe form of a winding W of the type which permits the ribbon to bewithdrawn from the container 0 without twisting the ribbon. A winding ofthe type here shown is illustrated and described in United StatesLetters Patent No. 2,082,489 granted June 1, 1937, on an an applicationfiled by me. As explained in said Letters Patent the ribbon R can bewithdrawn from its Winding in the container substantially free fromtwisting.

In accordance with the present invention provision is made forindicating the quantity of ribbon in the winding, in a full package orin a partially depleted package, and further to facilitate the measuringof the ribbon in the sale thereof. The yardage indicating means iscarried directly by the ribbon, in readily separable or detachablerelation therefrom, and is of such character that when removed from theribbon no marks are left thereon, thus avoiding disfigurement orimpairment of the appearance of the ribbon.

As here shown, the yardage indicating means comprises a plurality ofindividual and separate members l0 carried by the ribbon'inpredetermined spaced relation longitudinally of the ribbon. Said members[0 are preferably composed of sheet material such thin paper, eachmember having imprinted thereon a number or other mark indicative of thequantity of the ribbon. The space between two members l0 may var but ispreferably one-half yard in length. Members ID are preferably pointed,as shown, for indicating the line at which the ribbon is to be cut forseparating the desired quantity thereof from the winding, This isillustrated in Fig. 2 where the line of cut |2--l'2 lies adjacent to thepointed end M of member I0. The total length of the winding is indicatedby the member I 0 which is nearest to the free or outer end of thewinding. Thus for example, when the total length of the winding is tenyards, the member ID shown in Fig. 2 carries the number 9% there beingone-half yard of ribbon from the point Id of said member ID to the free.or outer end of the ribbon. In Fig. l the member ID at the outerend "5'of the ribbon indicates that there are 7% yards of ribbon remaining inthe winding.

The yardage indicating members II] are individually detachable from theribbon and are intended to be removed therefrom when the ribbon is sold,that is, said members are removed by the sales person at the time ofsale from the portion of the winding which is sold. In order thatmembers Ill may be securely fastened directly to the ribbon, in face toface relation therewith, and at the same time to permit said members tobe readily peeled from the ribbon, a portion IE or each member extendingbetween the pointed end l4 and the dotted indicating line 20 is coatedwith a thin film of a suitable adhesive, preferably a peelable adhesiveof the thermo-plastic pressure sensitive or other type, the coated sideof member 10 being in contact with the adjacent surface of the ribbon.This leaves a tab portion 22 which is free from adhesive and free fromdirect attachment to the ribbon to provide means for grasping members IDfor facilitating removing the same from the ribbon. The peelableadhesive does not penetrate the fibers of the ribbon threads and remainsentirely on the surface of members If) when the latter are removed,peeling off from the ribbon with said members, so that the ribbon fromwhich said members are removed are free from any disfiguring marks.

It will be understood that the yardage indicating members may be usedwith any type of ribbon winding or put-up. Thus as illustrated in Fig.4, said members are shown applied to a ribbon wound on a spool S.Similarly, the yardage indicating members may be applied to ribbon inany other type of package or put-up.

Thus it is seen that the ribbon provided with the yardage indicatingmeans therefor, asv described therein, is well adapted to accomplish theseveral objects of the invention. It will be understood, however, thatwhile I have shown and described the preferred embodiments of myinvention, the latter may be embodied otherwise than as here shown andthat certain changes may be made therein within the scope of the'presentinvention. Therefore,- I do not wish to be limited to the constructionherein shown or described except as may be required by the scope of theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

l. A length of sheet material provided with length-measuring meanstherefor, said measuring-means-comprising a. plurality of individual andseparate length-indicating members composed of sheet material, saidmembers being removably secured directly to said length of sheetmaterial between the opposite side edges thereof and in predeterminedspaced relation longitudinally thereof, saidmembers being individuallyand independently attachable to and detachable from said length ofmaterial, both surfaces of saidlength of sheet material being completelyvisible between said indicating members.

2. A length of sheet material provided with length-measuring meanstherefor, said measuring means comprising a-plurality of individual andseparate length-indicating members composed of sheet material, saidmembers being adhesively secured directly-to said length of sheetmaterial in removable relation thereto and in predetermined spacedrelation longitudinally thereof, said members being disposed on saidsheet-material between the opposite side edges thereof, said membersbeing individually and independently attachable to and detachablefromsaid length of material; said members having parts free from directsecurement to said length of material and providing finger pieces tofacilitate removal of said individual members, both surfaces of saidlength of sheet material being completely visible between saidindicating members.

3. A length of sheet material provided with length-measuring meanstherefor, said measuring means comprising a plurality of individual andseparate length-indicating members composed of sheet material, saidmembers being removably secured directly to said length of sheetmaterial between the opposite side edges thereof and in predeterminedspaced relation longitudinally thereof, said members being independent-15/ attached to said material in face to face relation therewith by athermo-plastic adhesive and readily peelable independently of each otherfrom said material together with said adhesive, both surfaces of saidlength of sheet material being completely visible between saidindicating members.

4. A length of sheet material in the form of a winding and provided withmeasuring means therefor, said measuring means comprising a plurality ofindividual and separate length-indicating members removably secureddirectly to said length of sheet material in predetermined spacedrelation longitudinally thereof, said members being disposed on saidsheet material between the opposite side edges thereof, said membersbeing individually and independently attachable to and detachable fromsaid length of imaterial, the member nearest the outer end of thewinding indicating the total length of the material in the winding, eachof said members having a part free from direct attachment to said lengthof material, said unattached parts providing finger pieces to facilitateremoval of said members individually from said length of material, bothsurfaces of said length of sheet material being completely visiblebetween said indicating members.

5. A length of sheet material provided with length-measuring meanstherefor, said measuring means comprising a plurality of individual andseparate length-indicating members removably secured directly to saidlength of sheet material between the longitudinal side edges thereof andin predetermined spaced relation longitudinally thereof, said membersbeing individually attached to and removable from said length of sheetmaterial, both surfaces of said length of sheet material beingcompletely visible between said indicating members.

BERTRAM J. GOLDSMITH.

